North Korea used multiple short-range missiles in its latest missile launch on Tuesday, South Korea's military said. (Reporting by Hyonhee Shin; Editing by Ed Davies)

The launch came about a week after the North fired what it claimed was a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, which was its first missile test since November 5.

North Korea launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea, likely as a signal to the incoming US President-elect Joe Biden, officials and experts suggest. The launch, condemned internationally,